Sliding-hill and toboggan to be used therewith



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B. B. FLOYD. SLIDING HILL AND TOBOGGAN TO BE USED YTHEREWITH.

No. 374,736. Patented Dec. 1 1-887.

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SLIDING HILL AND TOBOGGAN TO BE USED. THEREWITH. No. 374,736. I IPatented Dec. 13,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT DEERE. I

BYRON B. FLOYD, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

SLIDING-HILL AND TOBOGGAN TO BE USED THEREWITH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,736, dated December13, 1887. Application filed August 10, 1887. Serial No. 246,594. (NomodeLL To aZZ whom it 17mg concern.-

Be it known that I, BYRON B. FLOYD, a citizen of the United States,residing at ll'averhill, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSliding-Hills and in Tobogguns to be Used therewith,of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a sliding-hill particularlyadapted for either halls or rinks or for seaside or other places ofsummer resort where the hill can be erected in the open air.

The invention consists in constructing the hill in a zigzag form andterminating at a point immediately below the starting-point, so that avery long hill may be obtained in a comparatively small space,the hillbeing provided with small wheels,whereon the toboggan runs.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of a sliding-hill embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan ortop view ofthe same. Fig.3 isaplan or top view of one of the wheels andits frame drawn to a large scale. Fig. At is a section taken on line X Xof Fig; 3. Fig. 5 is a side View of a toboggan to be used with theSlidinghill. Fig. 6 is a view of underside of the same.

A represents the sliding-hill, the various sections of which are shownsupported by means of posts or pillars B B; but it may be supported byany suitable frame-work; or, if erected in a hall, it can be supportedby brackets, or partly by brackets and partly by pillars,

or ung with iron rods.

0 O are elevators for raising the toboggans to the upper end of thetrack. The portion of the platform upon which the toboggan rests isformed on an incline and the platforms communicate with the upper end ofthe track by means of flaps or boards a a, that are hinged to theelevator-platforms O G in such manner that when the elevator is beingraised the board a will stand in an upright position and can be securedby means of a Suitable bolt or catch, so that the board a will formabearing for the front end of the toboggan to rest against; but when theelevator has been raised to the required height the board a can bereleased, and falling down from a connection with the sliding-hillreleases the toboggan, which then starts off. 1

The elevator may be provided with a false bottom hinged to the front ofthe elevator-platform, so that its rear end can be raised to any desiredheight, and thus form a steep incline. When the elevator-platform isthus constructed, the false bottom is lowered when the elevator is down,so that the toboggan can run thereon. The rear of the false bottom isthen raised, so that when the elevator is raised to the level of the topof the sliding-hill the flaps a will fall down and the toboggan willslide quickly out of the elevator.

In the drawings I have shown two elevators, so that as one is beingraised the other can be lowered ready to take up a fresh toboggan,

sliding-hill A by means of the flap or hinge boards a and the sidetracks, AA',a movable guide'or' switch, D, being hung between the twoside tracks, which switch can be shifted to guide the toboggan onto themain track of the sliding-hill.

' The hill starts at a point opposite the elevators and proceeds in astraight direction,1,but on the required incline, then turns in a halfcircle, 2, and proceeds in an angular direction, 3, under the trackabove, then turns in a halfcircle, 4, and thence in an angulardirection, 5, then turns in a half-circle, 6, thence in an angulardirection, 7, then in a half-circle, 8, then again in an angulardirection, 9, then in a'half-circle, 10, and thence in a straightdirection, 11, and ends in a quarter-circle, 12, at the foot of theelevator O.

E E are wheels let into the track A for the toboggan to run upon; orthey may be secured to the toboggan. One of these'wheels and its frame Ihave shown enlarged in Figs. 3 and 4. The frame Gis provided with ears 9g, by which it is secured to the track A, and also an opening, H, inwhich the wheel E is free to work.

I is a cross-piece provided with two holes. To this cross-piece thesaddle F, that carries the wheel E,is secured by means of the bolt J.

It will be seen that when the Saddle F is secured to the bar I it willbe free to turn in one direction or the other, according to which sideof the frame the saddle is attached. The object of having the wheel freeto move to one side is, that it can adjust itself so as to carry thetoboggan round any sweep or curve.

K is the toboggan. (See Figs. 5 and 6.) On each side of the bottom Isecure a piece of flat metal, LL, to run upon the wheels EE, so that indescending the hill the toboggan will run smoothly and evenly over thewheels.

Although I have described the form of sliding-hill I prefer, I do notconfine myselfto any particular form of zigzag, as other forms might beutilized,solong as the various sections pass one under the other andterminate at a point immediately below the starting-point, so as toproduce a long hill in a comparatively small space.

\Vhat I do claim is-- 1. A sliding-hill of zigzag form, the varioussections passing one under the other and terminating at a pointimmediately below the starting -'point, substantially as shown and described.

2. The wheels E, mounted in saddle F and being raised and for forming aconnection with v the track at its upper end, substantially as shown anddescribed.

4. In combination with asliding-hill and two elevators, the side tracks,A A, and switch or guide D, substantially as and for the purposes I setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

BYRON B. FLOYD.

itnesses:

L. W. Howns, E. PLANTA.

